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@wird tant GIIIISTERyL. HEDELL, OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 102,002, lated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVED SINK .'AND WASH-STAND The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

had to the annexed drawings making part of this spe` ciiication.

rIhe nature of my inventionconsists in so constructing or arranging the sink or wash-stand that', instead of having an open top, or a covered top with hinges,

'it will have a stationary top withadrawerimmediately beneath, which may be extended while being used, more or less, tosuitthe wishes of the party using it, the drawer being lined with zinc, and containing a waste-pipe, through which the water is conveyed to a trough immediately beneath it, and thence, in the case oiaI sink, to the main waste-pipe, and, in the case of a wash-stand, to any vessel or receiver placed for that purpose in the wash-stand; and it i's so arranged that, whether the drawer is extended to its full length, or any part ot' such length, the wat-er is carried oli without any ditculty whatever.

Figure 1, in the drawing,` is an exterior view of the sink or wash-Stand, the door at the left being. open; length three feet, breadth two feet, height two and a half feet, to be varied at the will of the party; A, at the right, being the drawer but said drawer may be placed so as to open in front as well as at the side, the sink or sta-nd bcinglclosed with two doors, opening ii'oin the center.

D, in fig. l, is a- Zinc pipe to convey the water from trough C in Figure 2, and is attached to said trough O, said pipe D being about one foot in length and one and a hall' inch in diameter, to be varied at the will of the party.

Figure 2 is a. sectional view of the drawer, which is lined with zinc.

G, in 2, is a hole in bottom of drawer for pipe to convey water into trough. Attached to the inside of the drawer, by a small chain or string, is a bra-ss stopper, to tit `into the hole to stop the water iiorn ruiming o, if necessary. l

' E, in iig. 2, is a wrought-iron slide, say one and onei'ourth inch by three-eighths oi an inch, or of other dimensions, at the will of the party, fastened by conimon screws to each side of' the drawer, in case the drawer is to open at the side of the sink or wash-stand, or at the ends ofthe drawer, in case the same is to open in front, said slide running the full length of the drawer. This slide is to run in the cast-iron groove hereafter mentioned, foi' the easy running ofthe drawer.

C, in 2, is a zinc horizontal trough, two 'and a halt' inches in depth, and same in breadth, or of' other dimensions, if necessary, which is permanently fastened with common screws, at each end of the trough, to the sink or wash-stand.

B, in fig'. 2, is a zinc pipe attached to the bottom of the zinc lining of the drawer, running through the wood bottoni of the drawer, then forms an angle and runs horizontally under and close to the under part of the bottom of the drawer, and empties into horizontal trough C; but the zinc pipe B is not` attached to trough C.

Din tig. 2 is the same pipe as D in g. 1, and is attached to trough (l, as before mentioned.

Figure 3 is a cast-iron groove, fastened by common 'screws to the inside of the back ot' the sink or wash'- stand, and a similar one fastened to the inside of the front, in case the drawer is to open at the side of the sink or wash-stand, and to the inside of each end of the sink or wash-stand, in case of the drawer opening in front. Into this iig. 3 or groove the wrought-iron slides attached to the drawer, as hereinbefore explained, work, for opening and shutting the drawer, the groove being iliade so as to `lit the slides on the drawer.

In using the sink or wash-stand, the water passes from the zinc-lined drawer, through the hole G, in fig. 2, into pipe B; thence lfalling into trough C; thence into pipe D; and from thence, in ,the case of a sink, to the main waste-pipe, and, in the case of a wash-stand, to the vessel or 'receiver placed inside the wash-stand for that purpose.

Vhat I claim as my improvement in sinks and washstands islhe construction and arrangement of the sink or drawer A, with its conducting-pipes B,VO, G, and D, in combination with the stand, slide, and groove E, as shown and described. v

CHRISTER L. HEDELL.

Witnesses W. DAVIS. A. RowELL, 

